Children's Motivations for Video Game Play in the Context of Normal Development

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-187

  Olson, Cheryl K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; child development; motivation; video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953865328     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018984     Document Type: Article

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